Whoever, in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth, invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.

Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Blood is a very special juice.

If you don't know foreign languages, you don't know anything about your own.

Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.